Editing Openai/6921ae73-3700-8000-8ab7-90012976bb8a (section)

==== You still have: ====
* ~66,668 shots per second
* Each shot = insane KE (500 kt+ TNT equivalent)

So raw damage isn’t the problem. The problems are:
# Target allocation
# Overkill on tanks
# Swarm geometry and dodging

===== You want to: =====
* Tag every normal at least twice.
* Tag every super-elite 101 times.
* Not waste 500 kt-equivalent hits on a unit that already has “lethal” lined up.

That’s a massive bookkeeping problem:
* You need to track: - Which targets are already hit, and how many times. - Which are highest priority (e.g., closest to breaking through).
* The hive mind is actively trying to make this hard: - Mixing normals + elites in complex patterns. - Rotating damaged supers out of your main LOS. - Decoying with elite-heavy clusters.

===== Super-elites are huge sponges: =====
* If they cluster, one shell might damage multiple at once (AOE), which helps.
* But if they spread out, you start spending: - 100+ massive shots per unit - Just to take down 1% of the swarm.

If your AI isn’t extremely efficient, you might:
* Pour a ridiculous fraction of your fire into super-elites.
* While normals accumulate and pressure you from other directions.

===== In space, super-elites can form: =====
* Shells around the rest: - Layers of super-elites on the outside - Squishier units behind them
* Your shots mostly hit the shell first.
* Only when enough super-elites drop do inner layers become exposed.

So they can stretch the fight out, giving the swarm more time to:
* Surround you
* Probe angles your guns have trouble covering
* Overwhelm your target-tracking capacity.